Improvement in sewing-cabinets



S. R. RUCKEL.

Sewing-Cabinets? NO.157,932. Patented Dec.22,1874."

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

SAMUEL R. RUOKEL, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-CABINETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,982, dated December 2'2, 1874 application filed May 19, 1874.

and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of my improved sewingstand.

The case of the stand is formed of the back A, end pieces B B, bottom 0, and top D, the lower ends of the end pieces forming the feet upon which the stand rests. The bottom 0 is elevated a suitable distance above the feet,

and below said bottom are two drawers, E E.

The back A is extended above the top D, and

' the rear part of the side pieces B B is also extended a short distance above the top to form the ends of a box, G, on the upper side of the top, and along the back A. The lid H of this box may be either hinged or removable. This box G is mainly intended for a spool-rack, it being provided with vertical pins, upon which the spools are placed; but it may also be used as a receptacle for scissors, needles, thimble,

or other similar small articles. J is the front of the case A B G D, which front is secured to side arms II, and these arms hinged to the upper front corners of the side pieces B B by means of hinges K. The hinges K are constructed in the same manner as described in my application for patent on school-desk hinge, which was allowed March 2, 1874-that is to say, the hinge is provided with interior flanges and stops, so arranged that, when the front J is raised to form atable in continuation of the top D, the inner or hinge ends of the arms I I will settle down and form a self-sustaining support to hold the frontJ in a horizontal position; and when the front is to be let down to close the case, it must first be lifted bodily upward and forward before it will turn upon its pivots. At the lower edge of the front J is a suitable look, a, for locking the same when closed down. Abovethe bottom 0, at the front of the case, is a board, L, which closes the bottom part of the case in front to keep the work inside of the case.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the case A B G D, of the drawers E, spool-rack box G, and the front J, attached to the arms I, and hinged by means of the hinges K to the case, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

l S. R. RUCKEL.

Witnesses:

HENRY P. WHITE, WILLIAM GHATTIN. 

